ARU - Till Year end 21, page-93

on top of the substandard zircon at Wimmera, that Iluka admits is not going to be fit for the commodities market without significant refinement, the current climate in Victoria towards mineral sands projects is hostile. The proposed kalbar mineral sands project in Gippsland was scuttled recently by the planning minister due to its negative impact on farming in the region. now when you consider that the Wimmera is a significantly more important agricultural region to Victoria than Gippsland you really would have to have rocks in your head to think that the Wimmera project will get up, let alone that it will render all traditional rare earths projects redundant.